Bereavement Support Practitioner
Hours: 18.75 per week (part time)
Contract: 12 months fixed term
Salary: £26,000 pro rata per annum
Funded by the 'Cumbria Community Foundation’
Reporting: Regional Team Lead North
Base: Working from home and across Workington, Cumbria

Would you like to bring your expertise, skills and experience to the third sector and contribute to a growing national charity? Are you passionate about supporting bereaved children, parents and families, and the professionals who work with them?

Our client a child bereavement support charity are looking to expand their North Team by recruiting a talented and highly motivated individual to provide a hybrid model of bereavement support to individuals, couples and families face to face in the Workington area (Cumbria) and by telephone, video and messenger across the wider Cumbria area. Working alongside the other members of the Bereavement Services Team and reporting to the Regional Team Lead for the North Service.

Applicants should have a recognised, health, social care, or counselling qualification, experience in working with parents, children and families, excellent communication skills and be passionate about supporting bereaved families and those whose roles bring them into contact with these families.

Closing date: Monday 18 July 2022
Interviews on Zoom: Wednesday 20 July 2022

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews offered, on an on-going basis. They reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Application Process:

To find out more information, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form and then redirected to where you can complete your application for this position.

The organisation recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. They welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly where we are under-represented; currently, this includes disabled people, LGBTQ+ and those from those from ethnically diverse groups.

No agencies please.